Can I burn photos of game characters?
Photos of game characters can be burned. If you feel that the photos of game characters take up too much space, you can concentrate them in a safer and spacious area. Carry out incineration and destruction. I plan to use the official Touken Ranbu poster character image as the cover of the live broadcast. Is this considered infringement?
Using official game characters as live broadcast covers can be understood as promoting your own live broadcast. The live broadcast itself is a profit-making activity, so the promotion is also for profit, which is an infringement.
Of course, this situation is very common online, and game officials generally will not prosecute.
According to the interpretation of the Copyright Law, only use within the prescribed scope will not be considered an infringement of the legal rights of the copyright owner. In layman's terms, most non-profit and non-commercial uses do not involve infringement. Because public welfare activities also involve various commercial interests, whether there is infringement depends on the situation.
1. "Copyright Law" stipulates
From a legal perspective, only within the scope stipulated in Article 22 of the "Copyright Law" can it be regarded as non-infringement.
For example, appropriate citations in news, newspapers, periodicals, personal study or research, reproduction required to preserve relevant cultural relics, free performances without charging public fees, etc.
According to ordinary people’s understanding, it is a non-profit and non-commercial behavior. But in life, such pure behavior is rare. Take the case of celebrities performing other people's works. Even if they perform public welfare activities, they will ask for fees from the event organizers. Although the public does not spend any money, it will be considered infringement if pursued.
2. Live broadcast cover infringement
Live broadcast itself is a profit-making activity. Using official character covers is equivalent to promoting your own live broadcast, which is also illegal at this time.
Of course, as a big game company, they generally will not sue over live broadcasts. Looking at the current live broadcasts on major platforms, many use game character skins as covers. Although it is illegal, the company will not prosecute. First, it is a waste of time, and second, live broadcasting of the game can also be regarded as promoting itself.
Although others do not prosecute, we must also understand one issue, that is, our own behavior is illegal. Once someone sues one day, compensation must be made. For example, Huawei now has many patents that are available to friends for free use. If Huawei decides to sue, its friends must pay corresponding patent fees.
3. It is not recommended to use character pictures
If you are a host, it is not recommended to use official character covers. This kind of cover is very ordinary and cannot bring more promotion to itself.
Most of the current live broadcasts will automatically intercept the live broadcast content and make the cover. As long as the content is carefully prepared, it will be fine. If you really want to get promoted, you can give your live broadcast a good name.
If it is a game, and it has certain capabilities, you can say "the national server is on the list XXX" or "the whole server is ranked XXX". In many cases, the title is more attractive than the cover. There are many ways to publicize, and it doesn’t necessarily have to infringe on the rights of others. I have a question for everyone. If I take a screenshot of a game and make it into a mobile phone case for personal use, is it considered infringement?
Hello, I don’t think this is infringement, because you are not using this game screenshot for trading, you are only using it for personal use and not as a commodity, so it is not enough to constitute infringement.